Waoku No. 2 Block, Hokianga. District.
1875. 28 April.Hokianga. District.This Deed, made the 28th day of April 1875, between Her
Majesty Queen Victoria on the one part, and Heta Te Hara and Ihaka Te Tai of Bay
of Islands, Aboriginal Natives Waoku No. II. of the Colony of New Zealand, (hereinafter called "the Vendors") of the
other part, witnesseth, that in consideration of the sum of Eight hundred pounds
£800 by Her Majesty paid to the Vendors on the execution hereof (and the receipt
whereof is hereby Receipt for £800. acknowledged), the Vendors do, and each of them doth, hereby surrender,
convey, and assure unto Her said Majesty, all that block or parcel of land
containing Eight thousand and seventeen acres or thereabouts, known or called
Waoku No. 2, as the same is more particularly described in the Schedule hereto,
and delineated on the plan drawn on this Deed and coloured red; together with
all rights and appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining; To hold the said
land and premises with the appurtenances unto Her said Majesty, Her Heirs and
Successors, for ever. In Witness whereof the Vendors have hereunto set their
hands the day and year first above written.
Heta te Haara.
Ihaka te Tai.
Signed by the said Heta Te Haara and Ihaka Te Tai after the contents had
been explained to them by an Interpreter of the Court and they appearing
clearly to understand the meaning of the same.
Spencer von
Sturmer,
Resident Magistrate, Hokianga.
Charles E.
Nelson,
Interpreter under Native Land Act, 1873.